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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 3 2014 $
.Dt TTY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm tty
.Nd return user's terminal name
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm tty
.Op Fl s
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility writes the name of the terminal attached to standard input
to standard output.
The name that is written is the string returned by
.Xr ttyname 3 .
.Pp
If the standard input is not a terminal, the message
.Dq not a tty
is written.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl s
Don't write the terminal name; only the exit status is affected
when this option is specified.
The
.Fl s
option is deprecated in favor of the
.Dq Li "test -t 0"
command.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 if the standard input is a terminal, 1 if the standard input
is not a terminal, or >1 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr stty 1 ,
.Xr test 1 ,
.Xr ttyname 3 ,
.Xr tty 4
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
command appeared in
.At v1 .
